Month: April 2017

As part of its efforts to improve HPV vaccination rates, the Wyoming Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics has sponsored a presentation by Deanna Kepka PhD, at the 2017 Wyoming Medical Society Annual Meeting, June 2-4 at Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park. Kepka is the Team Leader for the Health Disparities and Cancer […]

Colleagues: At long last, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact is live, here: https://imlcc.org/. Physicians can apply for an expedited license at https://imlcc.org/applynow/. There are a few issues to be aware of. 1) As of now, 7 of the 18 states (AL, ID, IA, KS, WV, WI, WY) in the Compact are ready to issue licenses […]

The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, has announced a $26 million dividend, which is made possible by the excellent claims experience of The Doctors Company’s members. Since 1976, The Doctors Company has paid nearly $400 million in dividends, and 2017 marks the 12th year in a row that the company has […]

The 2017 Wyoming Medical Society Annual Meeting is set for Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park. CHEYENNE – Before the Wyoming Medical Society renovated its basement at 122 East 17th Street in Cheyenne last year, staff shuffled through 40 years of meeting notes, business transactions and other assorted memories. One box stood out […]

Dr. Donald J. Annino, Jr., MD, Annino will be the keynote speaker during the President’s Dinner at The Wyoming Medical Society’s Annual Meeting at Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park, June 3. Dr. Annino is a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston specializing in otolaryngology where he is a part of […]

If you have read a study on the causes and effects of physician burnout, chances are Lotte Dyrbye, MD, played a major part in the study. If you feel like your EMR is the cause of your feelings of burnout, you will really like Dr. Dyrbye. She has done the research to prove you right. Feel like someone […]

Andrew Kroger, M.D., M.P.H., will offer updates in immunizations during the Wyoming Medical Society’s Annual Meeting in Grand Teton National Park June 2-4. Dr. Kroger is a medical officer for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As one of the traveling trainers in the Education, Information […]

It is possible that few in Wyoming better understand diabetes as well as Jackson physician Dr. Hayley Miller. Miller, the director of St. John’s Diabetes and Metabolism in Jackson, will be at the Wyoming Medical Society’s Annual Meeting on June 3 to present on Intensification after Basal Insulin and Weight Management. Miller grew up in Buffalo, Wyoming, and received […]

Colleagues: At long last, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact is live, here: https://imlcc.org/. Physicians can apply for an expedited license at https://imlcc.org/applynow/. There are a few issues to be aware of. 1) As of now, 7 of the 18 states (AL, ID, IA, KS, WV, WI, WY) in the Compact are ready to issue licenses […]